Advisor
Alexander Rivan Ronalds
Product guy & Entrepreneur. Product Manager @facebook & @Amazon. COO @Balanced Worlds (Acquired by @Kabam)
Product guy & Entrepreneur. Product Manager @facebook & @Amazon. COO @Balanced Worlds (Acquired by @Kabam)
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Experience
Clanet
CEO
Clanet is on a mission to preserve the rich cultural heritage of an entire generation of gamers that is slipping through our fingertips on a daily basis. We provide a platform... more for gaming historians to immortalize their own exploits and document important player driven moments such as the Bloodbath of B-R5RB in Eve, the Corrupted Blood Incident in WoW, the Murder of Lord British in UO, and many more.
Exit
Product Manager
I created and managed Twitch's flagship Pulse product which launched on the front page of Twitch to hundreds of millions of users.
https://techcrunch.com/tag/twitch-pulse/
https://techcrunch.com/tag/twitch-pulse/
Product Manager
Led product team for Facebook’s multi-Billion dollar Facebook Games (aka Canvas) business at the tail end of its lifecycle.
Argine Consulting
Founder, CEO
Argine Consulting is a game development consulting company that creates end-to-end solutions for developers and publishers around the world. Our experienced team works with... more world class gaming companies on product, design, development, management and monetization solutions. Using our proprietary LoopStats™ database, we can provide the most in depth monetization strategies for your products.
Balanced Worlds
Founder, COO
Balanced Worlds was a gaming technology company with the mission of breaking down the barriers for high quality 3D games on the web & mobile.
The company produced... more our own independent titles, including Bomb Buddies (Blast Zone! on mobile) and also worked on THQ core properties as one of their external studios.
The company was acquired by Kabam in 2012. Kabam was later acquired by Netmarble for 800M.
The company produced... more our own independent titles, including Bomb Buddies (Blast Zone! on mobile) and also worked on THQ core properties as one of their external studios.
The company was acquired by Kabam in 2012. Kabam was later acquired by Netmarble for 800M.
Gamehub
Product Manager
(Acquired by Boonty which is now Nexway Games & Weka Entertainment NYSE: ALWEK) Managed 15 game developers at the leading, French-based supplier of digital distribution... more solutions for online and PC gaming. The café.com portal was their first entry in the "virtual goods" business model, pre-dating Facebook opening up for external developers. * Execution: Inherited two projects in jeopardy of being lost due to bad design. Applied proper project planning and much needed tweaking to deliver two outst
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About
Achievements
Sold my first startup to Kabam, which later sold to Netmarble for 700M. Went on to lead product for Facebook's multi billion dollar gaming business. Created and managed Twitch / Amazon's flagship Pulse product repurposing Twitch's front page a social news feed.
Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
Skills
Q&A
What's your favorite non-business book?
Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy
What's the best way for people to get in touch with you?
Carrier pigeon.
What words of wisdom do you live by?
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
What aspects of your work are you most passionate about?
Seeing end users enjoy what we've built.
What was the most impactful class you took in school?
Recess wasn't a class, but it taught us all how to play.